Job 17:8
Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
In Context
7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Cross References
Job 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
Psalms 37:1Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
Habakkuk 1:13You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Romans 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →